Paste and cream tube dispenser having pressure jaws and brush holder



March 1952 R. R. cbRsoN ET AL PASTE A ND CREAM TUBE DISPENSER HAVINGPRESSURE JAWS AND BRUSH HOLDER Original Filed Oct. 3, 1945 2SHEETS-SHEET 1 FIGURE I.

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PASTE AND CREAM TUBE DISPENSER HAVING PRESSURE JAWS AND BRUSH HOLDEROriginal Filed Oct. 5, 1945 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 FIGURE 3 4 3 FIGURE 4.

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r/( ROBERT R.CORSON 29 HARRY SCHLOSSER ATI'D RN EYE Patented Mar. 11,1952 PASTE AND CREAM TUBE DISPENSER HAV ING PRESSURE JAWS AND BRUSHHOLDER Robert R. Corson and Harry Schlosser, Haddon Heights, N. J.

Substituted for abandoned application Serial No 620,106, October 3,1945. This application Apri 18, 1947, Serial No. 742,378

'1 Claim.

This application is a substitute for abandoned application Serial No.620,106, filed October 3,

The invention relates to a dispensing device, and more especially to apaste or cream tube and brush holder and paste or cream dispenser.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein ,a tube of paste or cream can be conveniently placedtherein, and the paste or cream dispensed from the tube for itsapplication directly onto a toothbrush or onto the hand of a person, oneor a number of tooth-brushes being removably held by the device, forservice, and when not in use will be protected against dust and dirt,for sanitation.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein the paste or cream can be dispensed in determinedquantities, and in this manner avoiding waste, as well as eliminatingthe manual handling of the tube for the dispensin of its content, thedevice being effective for housing the tube with the cap thereforremoved, thereby doing away with the necessity of replacing the capafter each time of use of the said tube, and resultantin maintaining itscontent fresh and sanitary, and dispensing of the paste or cream withdispatch.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein the tube of paste or cream and the tooth-brush orbrushes will be conveniently held supported for service, and are readilyaccessible, the paste or cream being dispensed automatically indetermined quantity by hand operation of the device. A still furtherobject of the invention is the provision of a deviceof this character,which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eflicient inoperation, strong, durable, neat in appearance, adapted to be hung froma support or wall, enabling a tube of paste or cream to be easily placedtherein, it serving as a holder for tooth-brushes, thus avoidingmisplacing of the same and the tube, and inexpensive to manufacture andinstall.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, which show the preferred embodiment of the invention, andpointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device constructed in accordancewith the invention;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 4 lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken at substantiallyright angles to Figure 3, or on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure2 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view similar to Figure 4 showing theflow cut-off gate or closure in an open position;

Figure '7 is a perspective view of the gate or closure detached;

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view through a tube-neck couplingapplicator for the device.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device constructed inaccordance with the invention comprises a vertically disposedsubstantially rectangular shaped or elongated box-like casing or housingl0 having a straight vertical back wall H, a flat horizontal bottom orflooring 12, from the latter of which rise substantially triangularshaped lower side walls [3, while the open front and open top of thiscasing or housing I0 is closed by a frontal door l4, it being preferablyrounded as at I5 following the uppermost top area thereof. The door I4is attached at the forward edge of the bottom or flooring l2 of thecasing or housing by a hinge l6, so that such door can swing downwardlyto an open position, the lowermost edges of the sides I! of this door Itbeing matched to the edges of the side walls l3 of the case or housingupon closing of the latter.

Depending from the bottom or flooring I2 is a well formation [8 to thecasing or housing I0, and within it and integral with the front wall I9thereof and with the under side of the bottom or flooring l2, mediallyto the latter, is a forwardly inclined web 20 having a dispensingpassage 2|, correspondingly inclined thereto, and opening through thefront wall [9, which passage leads from an internally threaded couplingsocket 22 formed in the flooring orbottom l2 and opening upwardlytherethrough. This socket 22 has detachably engaged therein theexternally threaded cap-neck 23 of a collapsible or compressible pasteor cream tube 24, which is removably confined within the casing orhousing It] when placed therein.

Slidably fitted for vertical movement in the front wall I9 of this wellformation I8 is a cut-off gate or closure 25 which has a dispensingaperture or hole 26 to be brought into or out of registration with thepassage 2| by movement of the gate or closure, and when in registrationpaste or cream from the tube 24 will discharge through this aperture orhole for deposit on a tooth-brush or the hand of a person, thetooth-brush being supported in proper position with its bristles exposedto the path of the discharging paste or cream, upon a holdin ledge orrest 21. The gate or closure 25 is held in an opening position by aspring tensioned friction latch 28 when such gate or closure is forceddownwardly against the resistance of a, leaf spring 29 playing thereonand carried by the well formation I8, as bestseen in Figure 6 of thedrawings, the downward movement to the gate or closure can be broughtabout by placement of the tooth-brush on the ledge or rest 21 orotherwise.

Projecting horizontally and laterally exteriorly from the casingorhousing H] at opposite side walls I3 thereof are tooth-brush holdingshelves 30, each having openings 3| for receiving the handle portions ofthe brushes identified at 32 for the holdin of the same, and overhangingthese shelves 39 are opening and closing hoods 33,- for the removablefitting of the brushes in the said shelves.

Within the door 14 is arranged a pair of opposed plate-like presser jaws34 which are adapted to be engaged against opposite sides of the tube 24for the clamping of the latter therebetween. These jaws 34 have attachedthereto bowed leaf-like tensioning springs 35 which are fitted betweenthe the same and the sides I! of the door l4for bearing thereon to holdthe jaws engaged with the tube, as best seen in Figure 3 of thedrawings. Extending outwardly through suitable clearances in the sidesI! of the door [4 and the tube 24 can be compressed or collapsed for thedispensing of its content and the discharge of the paste or cream heldthereby from the device as before described.

In Figure 8 of the drawings, there is shown a tube neck couplingadapter, which is in the form .of anipple 38, having internal andexternal threads 39 and 40, respectively, the external threads 40beingfor the detachable fitting of the nipple in the socket 22, while theinternal threads 39 permit the fastening of the neck of the tube for thepaste or cream, and in this manner different sizes of tubes havingthreaded necks can be socketed in the casing or housing IOfor thedispensing operation, as should be apparent.

The casing or housing I0 is provided with openings 4| in the back wallII, and through the use thereof, either one or more of the said casingscan be securely hung upon a support, wall or the like.

The device can be made from any suitable material and is susceptible ofchanges, variations and modifications as fall properly within the scopeof the appended claim, without departin from the spirit of the inventionor sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is:

A device of the kind described, comprising a casing having a bottomportion provided with a discharge passage opening centrally of and onthe bottom portion of said casing and an outlet opening in the frontwall, an inclined dispensing passage forming a communication between thedischarge opening and the outlet opening, a cut-off gate for thedispensing passage slidably fitted to the bottom portion for verticalmovement in relation to said last said passage and said outlet opening,said gate having a dispensing aperture therein, a leaf spring fixed tothe bottom of the casing and engaging the lower edge of the gate forretaining the gate in cut-off position with the outlet aperture in thegate out of alignment with the outlet. opening, a spring tensionfriction latch in the bottom portion above the dischargepassage openingtherein adapted to engage the gate and latch the gate in an openingposition with the outlet aperture in alignment with theoutlet opening, acollapsible tube removably fastenedto the bottom portion for thedischarge of its content to the dispensing passage, presserjawspositioned on opposite sides of said collapsible tube, bowed leaflike tension springs engaging said casing and extending longitudinallythereof and said springs engaging the ends of said pressure jaws forholding the jaws engaged with the tube, plungers attached to thepressurejaws centrally thereof and extending outwardly of said casing, knobs onthe outer ends of said plungers for the manual operation of saidplungers for the collapsing of said tube, a changeable adapter forremovably connecting the tube with the bottom portion of the casing inalignment with the discharge passage opening and protected brush holdersexteriorly associated with the casing.

ROBERT E. CORSON. HARRY SCHLOSSER.

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